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Mr. Wordsworth added two or three poems written in his own character , in the impassioned , lofty , and sustained diction , which is characteristic of his genius . In this form the “ Lyrical Ballads ” were published ; and were presented ...
Mr. Wordsworth added two or three poems written in his own character , in the impassioned , lofty , and sustained diction , which is characteristic of his genius . In this form the “ Lyrical Ballads ” were published ; and were presented ...
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... the immediate purpose would be baffled by the perversion of the proper ultimate end ; in which no charm of diction or imagery could exempt the Bathyllus even of an Anacreon , or the Alexis of Virgil , from disgust and aversion !
... the immediate purpose would be baffled by the perversion of the proper ultimate end ; in which no charm of diction or imagery could exempt the Bathyllus even of an Anacreon , or the Alexis of Virgil , from disgust and aversion !
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In his diction and metre , on the other hand , he is comparatively careless . The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying principle but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some ...
In his diction and metre , on the other hand , he is comparatively careless . The measure is either constructed on no previous system , and acknowledges no justifying principle but that of the writer's convenience ; or else some ...
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The excellence , at which they aimed , consisted in the exquisite polish of the diction , combined with perfect simplicity . ܪ ܪ > 3 This their prime object , they attained by the 27.
The excellence , at which they aimed , consisted in the exquisite polish of the diction , combined with perfect simplicity . ܪ ܪ > 3 This their prime object , they attained by the 27.
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Examination of the tenets peculiar to Mr. Wordsworth - Rustic life ( above all , low and rustic life ) especially unfavorable to the formation of a human diction — The best parts of language the product of philosophers , not clowns or ...
Examination of the tenets peculiar to Mr. Wordsworth - Rustic life ( above all , low and rustic life ) especially unfavorable to the formation of a human diction — The best parts of language the product of philosophers , not clowns or ...
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| Title | Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 Biographia Literaria; Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Publisher | Fenner, 1817 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 309 pages |
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